If you are looking for a private romantic dinner for your Valentine, then eating in just might be the perfect option for you and your sweetie. The atmosphere is comfortable and quiet. There are no other people to distract you from flirting with the one you love. And lastly, if you are enticed to engage in adult behaviors on the dining room table, no one will be covering their eyes and calling the police.


The next extremely important step for your romantic dinner is planning the menu. Plan favorites you do not normally serve. Use your beautiful dishes and napkins. If you just cannot stand to cook, then take-out is certainly an option. But for me there is something about lovingly preparing delicious dishes for my husband. When I take such care in preparing a fancy meal, he is wonderful about showering me with ego building compliments. Let me tell you, in this house the way to a man’s heart definitely goes through his stomach.

To help you with your romantic dinner, I have put together a couple menu options for you. I think that Valentine's Day is a dinner to splurge and put those healthy eating plans aside for a meal. However I completely understand wanting to stay on plan with your eating, so I have put together two absolutely scrumptious dinner menus for your enjoyment.


Baked Artichoke-Crab Dip with assorted crackers
Spinach, Mushroom and Red Pepper salad
Chicken with Champagne Sauce
Garden Orzo
Crusty French bread
Elodie’s Chocolate Cake
Champagne

Creamy Red Pepper dip with Vegetables
Asian Asparagus Salad
London Broil
Balsamic Grilled Vegetables
Light Berry Mousse
Sparkling water with slices of lime

Lynette is a wife and stay-at-home mom from the Pacific Northwest. She is an aspiring chef and computer techie that will be heating things up in the kitchen on Valentine’s Day.